Creativity spreads at Destination Imagination’s regional tournament

Published April 3, 2013 at 3:35 pm

Nearly 100 teams participated in the North Metro Destination Imagination regional tournament at Blaine High School March 23.
Madison Elementary School’s team Destination Imagination Dominators during its competition.Photo courtesy of Anoka-Hennepin School District

The top two teams in each category advance to the state tournament, scheduled for April 20 at Champlin Park High School. However, one third-place team, Crooked Lake’s Rockin’ DI Royals, will compete at state because of the high number of teams participating in the “In Disguise” challenge.

In total, 12 of Anoka-Hennepin’s 35 teams competing in the regional tournament advanced to the state tournament.

They are Blaine High School’s Diys; Champlin-­Brooklyn Park Academy’s The Lightning Huskies; Coon Rapids High School’s Awesome in Disguise; Crooked Lake Elementary’s The Rockin’ DI Royals; Franklin Elementary’s Aquadrydic Hero; Johnsville Elementary’s Seven Girls in Disguise, The Elite Prototypes, Neon Zebra Apocalypse and The Rosemary Chickens; Lincoln Elementary School for the Arts’ Project Outreach; Roosevelt Middle School’s One Two, Three….Action!; and the District 11 high school team, Me, Myself, I and That Guy.

Competition in the North Metro tournament had each team working on a complex challenge to develop an innovative, creative solution.

Teams were rated on various components for each challenge.

In the theatrical challenge called “In Disguise,” students created a story about a concealing character.

Jackson Middle School’s The Classicals created a skit about a robot that went on a cruise ship and tried to take over.

During the competition they were required to use non-­verbal forms of communication and present two mask props.